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...when he should speak of liberty, he speaks of loyalty. When heshould speak of the need for self-determination, he speaks of theneed for wisdom; the implication being that he is wise, andhis listeners are not. Where he should instill self-respect, he instills respect for himself. I confess,” said the smooth, inhumanvoice, “I do not understand his effect upon human beings, hischarm; he seems to me a dangerous charlatan.”

Daniel Keys Moran, The Last Dancer

...an Artificial Intelligence discusses a self-styled leader wanting to unite and remove the United States from the Unification government of Earth with a human.

The full quote:

“The salient feature of America—the ways in which the originalAmerican Republic was unique in human history to that point—liesin the assumption that humans are wise enough to control theirown lives. I am not certain this is an accurate assumption; none-theless it is a distinct one. Everything the Founding Fathers wrotereflects this underlying assumption. They were without exception,even those with religious leanings, strongly anti-Church, becausethe Church tended to desire the control of the populace’s lives inways the Founding Fathers found abhorrent. They were stronglypro-gun; guns made it possible for a citizen to protect himself fromencroachments upon his liberty, even by his own government. Theydesired a free press because they believed that, in an intellectuallyfree environment, humans were wise enough to make decisionsthat would, ultimately, be beneficial to the larger community.“It is clear that this was the original intent of the United States;to provide an environment in which citizens were allowed to makefree decisions about the details of their own lives.”“What does this have to do with me?”“’Sieur Obodi, when he should speak of liberty, speaks of loy-alty. When he should speak of the need for self-determination, hespeaks of the need for wisdom; the implication being that he iswise, and his listeners are not. Where he should instill self-respect,he instills respect for himself. I confess,” said the smooth, inhumanvoice, “I do not understand his effect upon human beings, hischarm; he seems to me a dangerous charlatan.”